How To Know You Are In The Right Job

All of us know the price we pay when we find ourselves working with the wrong people in the wrong place.  In all the research Jim Collins has done he has come to the conviction that what we do in our work in not as important as who we do Read more

Developing A Life Plan

All of us at some point in time finally ask ourselves if we are living out the script someone else gave us or is it really the life we want.  There are so many outside factors: parents, friends, culture and circumstances that drive us toward an uncertain destination.  Developing a Read more

How To Change Organizational Culture

According to John Kotter there are many reasons change initiatives fail especially in large organizations.  The number one reason is there is not a clear sense of urgency for change that makes everyone willing to pay the short term price of pain due to change to gain the long term Read more

The Self Leadership Secrets Of Extreme Athletes

I am convinced that the greatest leadership challenge you will ever face is the ability to consistently lead yourself.  Leadership theory several years ago would stress identifying your weaknesses and then work on them until they are significantly improved.  Today even though you must be competent in every area, the Read more

6 Roles Of Short Term Wins

One of the major mistakes we make in major change initiatives is that we oversell the long term goal at the expense of dealing with the short term problems.  People do want to know where they are going but they want to know even more what does all this mean Read more

4 Ways To Improve Your Strategic Thinking

One of the greatest challenges I face as an executive coach is to help leaders see the difference in operational efficiency and strategic initiatives.  Improvement in process and profit margin is extremely important but so is spending time on innovation and creativity.  If you are always working on the margins Read more

The Key To Personal Productivity In 2017

Stephen Covey pioneered this type of thinking several years ago but it is certainly worth repeating based on the incredible pressures we are all under in the area of time management and productivity.  In a day when it is impossible to do everything that comes our way we must find Read more

How Coaching Changed My Life

If you need help in making some major decisions in your life coaching may be exactly what you need.  There are many types of coaches available from executive, life, fitness and even spiritual. The one major thing you need to understand about coaching is that it is not counseling or Read more

5 Steps To Get Honest Feedback

One of the things I experience in my executive coaching over and over again is the tremendous negative cost of leaders  not having a willingness to tell people the truth.  People really do want to know what is expected and where they stand but insecure leaders can’t seem to have Read more

How To Intentionally Build Great Teams

I have learned more from Patrick Lencioni on this subject than anyone else.  Jim Collins nails the importance of getting the right people on your team but Lencioni takes the next step and talks about how to create the right culture that leverages trust to drive results.  Great post to Read more